In keeping with the annual tradition that we have done each October with Operation Uplift, we feel like our companies can accomplish supporting a local organization in the same spirit once every month.

Starting this April, and scheduled for the first Saturday of each month, we will be donating 5% – 2.5% of our retail sales to one or more predetermined local community organizations and or non-profits. (See schedule below.)

On the first Saturday of the month, chosen organizations will be present at our store. They will have a small display set up advertising their organization or non-profit, and will be able to take direct donations.

We can’t do it without YOU!

As a community, we encourage you to get behind these events. Your excitement and involvement is contagious! Our Saturday employees will be decked out in special T-shirts and there will be a direct donation box on the front counter at each store. We encourage our customers to drop a dime, a quarter or even a dollar in the box to support the chosen organization. Every little bit helps and it all adds up to the additional community support that is needed in so many ways.

A couple weeks before the first Saturday of the month, we will have a website blog post that will also be posted on our Facebook page about each organization. This will provide the local community with all the necessary information about the organization(s) or non-profit(s) we are supporting. The essence of our message and our mission with these events is to provide as much support as we can for locally based organizations who work so hard to have a positive outreach in our community. We will announce each month after the event how much, we as a community have raised.

We hope that our customers can take even more pride in shopping with us, as we are all an integral piece in taking action to make the community we live in a better place.

Our community now has a beautifully decorated chain link fence on East Front St. across from Kokopelli Grill thanks to the talents of Revitalize Port Angeles, Leslie Robertson, local artists Gianna Andrews and Chuck Rondeau, and 12 child artists from Franklin Elementary School MAC community service enrichment clusters. MAC stands for Multi-Age Clusters, where groups of students from all ages get together to perform community service projects.

The children first took a field trip to the fence to check out the location and visualize their future display. They then spent four days in the classroom painting different shapes cut from plywood donated by Angeles Millwork & Lumber Co. Inc. The shapes where made up of rectangles, eagles, bears and starfish. Local artists Gianna Andrews and Chuck Rondeau volunteered their time in the Franklin Elementary classroom to help them paint the shapes and achieve their final artistic vision.

On the final day of the project, the children took another field trip to the fence for the installation of their art. Several community volunteers also met them there to assist. The kids were excited to see their pieces prominently displayed where so many community members will be able to view them.

We would like to thank Revitalize Port Angeles’ Leslie Robertson for allowing us to be a part of such a great improvement project in our community. The children of Franklin Elementary School did an absolutely amazing job in the creation of the pieces that will welcome visitors and residents alike as they make their way into town.

Revitalize Port Angeles is a grass roots volunteer organization that works to improve Port Angeles through beautification projects, clean-ups, community service events, and promoting a positive image of Port Angeles. For more information on future projects or to volunteer follow them on Facebook by clicking HERE.

The Lt. Governor and Kelly discussed the culture of employee ownership in our stores and how this plays into work force development. Rebecca Wells from Contractor Sales at Angeles Millwork joined the conversation and discussed her recent training opportunities. She has attended an estimating workshop and will be attending an upcoming door college and the Women in Lumber Leadership Conference in November with Retail Sales Professional Karie Jewart from Hartnagels.

Also discussed was the development of employees internally with the skills that can be utilized at Angeles Millwork and Hartnagels. They talked about the challenges of our workforce, regulations in the building trades and possible solutions for these needs. The final take away from the conversation with the Lt. Governor was how we can work with the community at large to assist in offering employment opportunities to those that want to make a change in life. This led to a discussion about hiring those with a criminal background and how businesses can assist our community by helping this population get back on solid ground.

Thank you Lt. Governor Habib for taking the time out of your busy schedule to listen and discuss issues important to our local and state communities!

We’d like to make a call out to our customers, clients and neighbors to help with our new “Donate a Stud” campaign for VIMO!

Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, or (VIMO) for short, is a free clinic primarily serving low-income, veterans and homeless patients living in Clallam and Jefferson counties. VIMO has medical, behavioral health and dental facilities housed in a crowded building in Port Angeles, WA and currently treat the growing population of under and uninsured patients that typically rely on Olympic Medical Center’s emergency room.

We at Angles Millwork & Lumber Co and Hartnagel Building Supply are committed to putting our efforts in supporting the growth of grassroots non-profits. VIMO is a perfect example of the great services that can be accomplished when caring industry professionals and community volunteers give back to their community. With your help, VIMO will move crowded administrative offices currently held in an exam room and overflowing behavioral health facilities to a new building allowing much needed space to serve additional patients and increase the resources to the underserved in our community.

So how can you Help?

By purchasing a “stud” at either of our stores for just $5 each. Our goal is to raise $10,000 and fund a large majority of the new VIMO building’s costs. Donators will be featured on an in store display, on our website and on our social media postings.

VIMO relies on volunteer providers and staff to deliver services to more than 1,500 patients each year. To become a part of the VIMO team and help building up the community, email info@vimoclinic.org to request a volunteer packet.

The Captain Joseph House Foundation is dedicated to carrying on the spirit of Captain Joseph Schultz, Green Beret, Airborne Special Forces who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011.

Recognizing that military families are often unsure how to begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of their soldier, the Captain Joseph House Foundation will offer comfort and care to the families of the Fallen, as they honor, respect, and remember their loved one, by arranging an all-expense-paid respite/retreat to one of America’s most beautiful settings in the Pacific Northwest.

Donations are requested to fund a major renovation needed to meet the needs of the families who will be coming to stay at Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles.

Angeles Millwork and Hartnagel invite you to DONATE A STUD!

Purchase a 2×6 stud at either of our stores for just $5 each or come see us at the Building Expo at Sequim High School on April 5 & 6. We’ll deliver your studs to the jobsite for use in the Captain Joseph House renovation project.

We’ve even received support from North Carolina, Dubuque, IA and Arlington, MA.

As of May 27th we have received donations for 1863 studs.

PLEASE help us reach the goal of 2000 STUDS by May 31.

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UPDATE: GOAL EXCEEDED !!!Huge thanks to everyone for 2048 studs! Our customer and community support is amazing and greatly appreciated by all of us at Angeles Millwork & Lumber Company and Hartnagel Building Supply and everyone involved with the Captain Joseph House.

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We’ll gladly accept your donation by phone.

360-457-8581 for Angeles Millwork
360-452-8933 for Hartnagel Building Supply

THANK YOU to all of our amazing customers and our community for your incredible support for the Homes For Our Troops project. Your generous donations of 2,000 STUDS have provided the majority of the house, roof, & garage LUMBER packages to build a home in Port Angeles for injured Marine Cpl Ammon Lang and his family. We also appreciate the promotional support provided by the PDN, KONP, Pen Print and NPBA. An extra special thanks to our 100 STUD CLUB contractors Hoch Construction, Northwest Inside Out Painting and Pinnacle Builders!